Head to head

Ark: Survival Evolved vs DarkOrbit: Reloaded

Ark: Survival Evolved

Live

48k – 170k daily

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

Live

200 – 700 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

200 – 700

Estimated players

354.9k2.4%

22.6k0.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows
Browser

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Ark: Survival EvolvedDarkOrbit: Reloaded

Ark: Survival Evolved

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~352.2k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~356k
July 2026	~356.3k	—

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~23.1k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~23k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~22.8k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Ark: Survival Evolved: 14.8kDown 34%
DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 50Down 40%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 296× as many peak concurrent Steam players as DarkOrbit: Reloaded — 14,817 vs 50.

Discord members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 391.5k
DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 104.7kDown 0.1%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 3.7× as many Discord members as DarkOrbit: Reloaded — 391,475 vs 104,708.

Reddit members

Ark: Survival Evolved: 327.7kUp 0.1%
DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 3.1kUp 1.4%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 107× as many subreddit members as DarkOrbit: Reloaded — 327,675 vs 3,052.

Twitch viewers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 171Down 74%
DarkOrbit: Reloaded: 2Down 50%

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has about 86× as many live Twitch viewers as DarkOrbit: Reloaded — 171 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Ark: Survival Evolved: 1.2m
DarkOrbit: Reloaded: —

Ark: Survival Evolved currently has 1,200,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for DarkOrbit: Reloaded.

How these estimates are made

Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is estimated to have 48k – 170k players a day. Around 8m – 21m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

DarkOrbit: Reloaded

DarkOrbit: Reloaded is estimated to have 200 – 700 players a day. Around 16k – 40k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.